Alone!: A brilliantly funny illustrated children's picture book about friendship

Alone!: A brilliantly funny illustrated children's picture book about friendship by Falls, Barry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781843654858.

A richly illustrated laugh-out-loud tale with a gentle message. There once was a boy called Billy McGill who lived by himself at the top of a hill. He spent every day in his house all alone for Billy McGill liked to be on his own… One day Billy hears the squeak of a mouse, which destroys his peaceful existence. So he gets a cat to catch the mouse. But the cat and the mouse make friends. So he gets a dog to chase the cat. But they all play together. So then he gets a bear… then a tiger… and on it goes, until Billys house is so filled with animals that he has to move out. Will he find that he still craves peace and quiet, or is it better to have company and friends? This a laugh-out-loud story of growing chaos, with a subtle message about how its good to have friends.